University of Melbourne - Master of Teaching Capstone (Primary & Secondary)
STUDIO PRACTICE SESSION
Make a SMALL artwork - one that promotes a range of BIG ideas.
This creative activity was inspired by Damien McIntyre, a co-founding tbC member. For tbC, this creative activity led to the making of a substantial body of artwork – artwork that includes dialogical, digital, sound and public art outcomes.
You will need:
A Dice (you can download a digital dice from the App store if you want)
A piece of A5 or A4 paper
6 coloured pencils/pens
A Ruler
The idea is to roll the dice and let the numbers rolled direct the colour and length of each line drawn.
For Damien, the colour of each line and its length is as follows
#1 is Black and represents a 1cm line
#2 is Yellow and represents a 2cm line
#3 is Green and represents a 3cm line
#4 is Blue and represents a 4cm line
#5 is Purple and represents a 5cm line
#6 is Red and represents a 6cm line
You are not required to strictly follow Damien’s parameters; they are a guide only. You could use different colours or types of pens/pencils etc. You don’t even need to stick to drawing straight lines. That’s all we’ll say for now, as this is meant to be an unstructured creative activity. You have half an hour to produce a small drawing.
After you have completed this task, click here to find out more about how this artistic activity developed in the tbC studio.